Radon Testing & Mitigation in Kingston, PA

Radon testing in Kingston

Large older homes like these often have deep basements where radon can collect.

Kingston sits just across the Susquehanna River from Wilkes-Barre, connected by the Market Street Bridge. Along Wyoming Avenue and the side streets around it, you'll find some of the Wyoming Valley's grandest older homes, many built in the early 1900s, along with the neighborhoods surrounding Wyoming Seminary.

Those older homes were built with deep basements on stone and block foundations, and in the riverside neighborhoods many also have sump pits. Every mortar joint, floor crack, and open sump is a path for soil gas to enter. Radon builds up in the lowest level of a house, and in large older homes, that basement is often a finished playroom, office, or guest space.

The good news is that older foundations respond well to mitigation. A sub-slab depressurization system installs in a day, with extra sealing where an old foundation needs it, and is verified with a follow-up test so you can see the new number.

Buying or selling in Kingston?

Properties change hands here year-round, and buyer-ordered radon tests are a routine inspection item. A 48-hour monitored test fits inside a standard contingency window with the certified report delivered the day it ends — and if the number comes back high, mitigation typically resolves it for $1,000–$1,500 before settlement. Pricing details are on the cost page; the well-water question and others are covered in the FAQ.